Plan Now to Reach
Increased 1944 Farm
and Garden Goals!
Farm goals assigned to Transylvania county for this critical year were
analyzed and thoroughly discussed at a meeting Saturday morning*
in the county agent’s office, which was attended by 25 of our lead
ing farmers and representatives of other activities. This meeting was
marked by a spirit of buoyant and determined optimism, and this
corporation gladly purchases this space to reveal the goals and in
the further hope that it will convey to the people of the county at
large a spirit of hopeful resolution.
Large increases have been asked in some crops, moderate increases
in others, reductions in some, as will be noted from the data on this
page.
Special attention is directed to the crops in which major increases
have been asked. These crops are listed on this page, with figures
showing the standard yield for Western North Carolina and suggest
ed methods of obtaining them.
These data as to yields were gathered and compiled by the exten
sion farm management specialist from reports by hundreds of farm
ers in Western North Carolina. There is nothing visionary or impos
sible about them; they reveal what our own farmers have ACTUAL
LY DONE and can do again. Crops below the standard are classified
“low” or “poor”; above, “good” or “high.”
Bushels Per Acre
Upland Lowland
Standard Yields 30—40 45—60
c~
Suggestions For Increased Yields
1. Select your best corn land. 2. Prepare land well. 3.
Grow a locally adapted variety. 4. Plant reasonably early.
5. Use sufficient amount of high grade fertilizer. 6. Thin
the corn so that it will be about 18 to 20 inches on fertile
soil, 20 to 24 on medium. 7. Cultivate to control weeds and
not injure the roots.
Hay
Tons Per Acre
Standard Yields 1 1-2—1 3-4
Suggestions For Increased Yields
1. Use lime and phosphate. 2. Drill seed or work in with
brush or harrow. 3. Mow weeds where necessary 4. Cut
hay before the leaves shed. 5. Cure to keep green color
and leaves. 6. Store to prevent molding.
Irish Potatoes
Bushels Per Acre
Standard Yields 150—200
Suggestions For Increased Yields
1. Select your best potato land, preferably that on which
legumes have been grown. 2. Prepare soil well. 3. If pos
sible, plant certified seed. 4. Do not plant seed with dam
aged sprouts. 5. Use around 1,000 lbs. high grade fertili
zer. 6. Control insects and diseases. 7. Prepare good stor
age for keeping potatoes.
Snap Beans
Bushels Per Acre
Standard Yields 150—200
Suggestions For Increased Yields
1. Select your best bean land. 2. Prepare it well. 3.. Use
a high grade fertilizer, at least 800 to 1,000 lbs. per acre.
4. Plant around 50 lbs. high grade seed per acre. 5. Side
dress with nitrate of soda and then control bean beetles
with dust or spray.
1943 and 1944
FARM - iOALS
Compared
(All crops are in acres)
1943
Corn 6,940
Hay 2,500
Commercial Vegetables 500
Home Gardens 868
Irish Potatoes 400
Sweet Potatoes 51
Wheat 106
Sorghum 0
Rye 848
Barley 132
Oats 35
Lespedeza for Seed 0
Burley Tobacco 25
LIVESTOCK
1944 Increase or
Decrease
506
7,446
2,787
990
875
708
125
150
38
685
80
89
184
55
Milk Cows 1,421 1,600
Milk Production, Lbs. 5,852,000 6,427,000
Cattle and Calves 4,128 7,204
Brood Sows 250 244
Chickens Raised 68,379 47,376
Eggs in Dozens 269,331 258,131
Turkeys 585 186
487
490
7
308
74
44
38
—103
—52
54
184
30
179
575,000
3,076
—6
—21,003
—11,200
—399
Dairy Production
Gallons Per Year
Standard 756—813
Suggestions For Increased Production
1. Have one to two acres of improved pasture per cow.
2. Where possible, supply three to four tons of silage per
cow. 3. Provide supply of hay, V/2 tons with silage, two
to three tons without silage. 4. Feed a balanced grain mix
ture with the roughage. 5. Provide comfortable quarters
for the cows during winter months. 6. See that cows have
an abundant supply of fresh water at all times.
Beef Production
Cattle Receipts Per Cow
Standard $60—$70
Suggestion For Increased Profits
1. Use good type purebred bull. 2. Provide sufficient im
proved pasture, permanent or temporary. 3. Feed silage
in winter where possible. 4. Creep feed calves, where
practicable. 5. Feed calves first winter to gain 60 to 75 lbs.
6. Bring cows through winter in strong condition. 7. Re
place old and culled cows with best heifers. 8. Take defi
nite measures to control diseases, lice and other parasites.
Hog Production
Pigs Raised Per Sow
Standard 7 (2 litters)
Suggestion For Increased Profits
1. Select sows from hogs that were good mothers and
raised large litters. 2., Feed a balanced ration grain, pro
tein supplement, minerals and green feed. 3. Provide graz
ing for hogs. 4. Provide good farrowing quarters. 5. Breed
to a good purebred boar for spring and fall litters. 6. Keep
sows from being too fat at farrowing time. 7. Control lice
and mange.
Poultry Production
Eggs Produced Per Hen
Standard 150—169
Suggestion For Increased Profits
1. Keep a balanced laying mash before the hens all the
time. 2. See that birds eat as much mash as grain. 3. Feed
most of the grain in the late afternoon. 4. See that fresh
water is before the birds at all times. 5. Provide at least
three and a half square feet of floor space for birds. 6. Get
chicks from a known quality source. 7. Get chicks early,
in March or April.
Ecusta Paper Corporation
HARRY H. STRAUS, President PISGAH FOREST, N. C'